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The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart

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The cult classic that can still change your life! Let the dice decide! This is the philosophy that changes the life of bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart -- and in some ways changes the world as well. Because once you hand over your life to the dice, anything can happen. Entertaining, humorous, scary, shocking,...

The Sewerside Chronicles by Tim Lay

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The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas

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A cursed book. A missing professor. Some nefarious men in gray suits. And a dreamworld called the Troposphere? Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists--especially Thomas Lumas and "The End of Mr. Y, "a book no one alive has read. When she mysteriously uncovers a copy at a used bookstore,...

Neuromancer by William Gibson

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Neuromancer is the multiple award-winning novel that launched the astonishing career of William Gibson. The first fully-realized glimpse of humankind's digital future, it is a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about our technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever...

Peony in Love by Lisa See

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"I finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn only regret." For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a...

Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years by Sue Townsend

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Mole is back. The fourth novel in the massively popular Adrian Mole series, from internationally bestselling author Sue Townsend. Once again she lets us delve into the hilarious and touching life of a character adored by millions everywhere. Adrian Mole has at last reached physical maturity, but he can't help...

The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide

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A brilliantly moving and darkly comic novel, which charts the attempts of dying heroine Delia -- a modern day Mrs Beeton -- to prepare her family for the future and lay to rest a ghost from her past. Inspired by her heroine, Isabella Beeton, Delia has made a living writing a series of hugely successful modern...

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher

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Marya Hornbacher grew up in a comfortable middle-class American home. At the age of five, she thought she was fat. By age nine, she was secretly bulimic. She added anorexia to her repertoire a few years later and took pride in her ability to starve. This is the story of her difficult recovery.

Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Desperate Peril - And a Teacher Who Saved Her by Torey L. Hayden

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A stunning and poignant account of an extraordinary teacher's determination from the author of the #1 Sunday Times bestsellers The Tiger's Child and One Child. Jadie never spoke, never laughed, never cried. She spent every waking hour locked in her own private world of shadows. But nothing in Torey Hayden's...

My Best Friend's Girl by Dorothy Koomson

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How far would you go for the best friend who broke your heart? This internationally bestselling novel tells an enchanting tale of life's most unpredictable loves and heartaches, and the unforgettable bond between a single woman and an extraordinary five-year-old girl. From the moment they met in college, best...

Humble Pie by Gordon Ramsay

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Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his real story...This is Gordon Ramsay's autobiography - the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world's most famous and infamous chef: his difficult childhood, his brother's...

Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery

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It is five years since Anne first arrived at Green Gables. She is now 16 and about to return to her old school as a teacher. Uncle Matthew, who was kind-hearted and whom Anne loved dearly, has sadly died. But life for Anne is changing and she meets many new people.

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend

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"The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" is the second in the series to be a part of Penguin's Sue Townsend repackaging programme. It offers a chance to sell Sue Townsend to a whole new audience! The troubled teenager continues to struggle valiantly against the slings and arrows of growing up and his own family's...

Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich

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Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, "Wild" Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for sunken treasure, and Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver who's good at revving a woman's engine. ...

The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

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When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor Mc Aden feels compelled to take terrifying risks -- risks no-one else in the department would ever take -- to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor cannot bring himself to make. He cannot fall in love. For all his adult years,...

Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery

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Part of a series of books which tell the story of Anne, a headstrong young orphan who is sent by mistake to an elderly couple who expect a boy. The author's other books include "Rainbow Valley", "Rilla of Ingleside" and "Emily's Quest".

First Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton

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Darrell and her friends grow together as they share their school days. There are new students to induct, sporting matches to be won, tempers to control and tricks to play on teachers. This work presents stories about life at boarding school as readers follow the girls' lives through 6 years at Malory Towers.

The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans

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Thirteen-year-old Grace and her horse, Pilgrim, are involved in a horrific accident. Grace's mother, Annie, believes that they can both be helped by Tom Booker, a (R)horse whispererA(c). They drive to meet him and there, in the beautiful mountains of Montana, their lives are changed for ever. The Horse Whisperer...

Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery

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This volume contains "Anne of The Island" and "Anne of Windy Willows". Anne is older now, and her friends are beginning to get married and move away; meanwhile her romance with Gilbert Blythe begins to blossom, and there are developments in her career as a schoolteacher.

Lucky Man by Michael Fox

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